Please only submit your application when you are ready to send your project in the most complete and finished form possible. Please be aware SXSW will not screen multiple updates/versions of your project for programming consideration. We will only screen the first cut submitted. SXSW does not accept trailers or rough assemblies as submissions, but will accept work-in-progress cuts (picture lock with temp sound, color, etc.)

SXSW requires all music videos to be submitted via URL link. If you change this link or any of your login information prior to March 2020 without contacting SXSW, your project may become ineligible for consideration.

Your link must be to a secure, online version of your film via an external site (i.e. your own website, Vimeo, etc.)

Your link must be working before you complete your submission application

Your link must be available through March 2020

For more information, see the Project URL Link section of the application.

You will receive a confirmation email from SXSW within 48 hours of your submission. This email will confirm that your project has been submitted correctly. If you do not receive this letter within 48 hours, you should follow up by email to ensure your project has been submitted properly and is under consideration.

To keep important SXSW emails from landing in your spam folder, add the following address to your contact list: filmfest@sxsw.com.

Early Deadline: Thursday, August 22, 2019

Official Deadline: Thursday, September 19, 2019

Late Deadline: Thursday, October 17, 2019

*All deadlines end at 11:59pm PT

All applicants will be informed of the status of their project no later than Friday, February 7, 2020